On Mon, 15 Aug 2005, Tony Maro wrote:
> Micha Nelissen wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:26:09 +0200 (CEST)
> > Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > I've been following the talk about Lazarus' visibility, and marketing.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Me too, of course.
> >
> >
> >
> > > There is a VERY important fact you must be aware of:
> > >
> > > The number of Free Pascal and Lazarus developers is VERY SMALL.
> > > What is more, this is a HOBBY, not their source of income.
> > > (Although probably some of us would like it to be so.)
> > >
> > >
> Speak for yourself!
I speak for the FPC core team. For each of them it is their hobby.
I don't know about the Lazarus core team.
> I'm pulling around $1k USD / month using Lazarus for
> contract work for both Linux and Windows. Some you've heard of (TruckBites),
> others are more VAR integration work. Certainly not my primary source of
> income, but it helps feed and clothe the kids.
>
> > > This cannot be stressed enough:
> > > We barely have time to keep developing Lazarus/FPC.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Indeed, those who have been posting ideas should not interpret silence
> > from the lazarus team as if we think the ideas are bad; it's just that we
> > can't do two things at once. Considering the fact that we (probably) won't
> > be the marketeers, it would be bad for us to say how marketing should be
> > done (although it should be proper and sane of course).
> >
> In a previous life I was a VP of Marketing - what we need is not so much
> "marketing" but more Public Relations.
For the average man this is the same thing :-)
> Marketing implies an outflow of
> cash... PR doesn't necessarily. The other thing to be aware of is that the
> more we get into the limelight, the more Borland (Inprise, what's the name of
> the week?) will start breathing down our necks looking for patent/copyright
> violations. The core developers better be prepared for that.
We have always been.
We don't copy any source of Borland, this is a rule.
And Borland should not try to fight us;
We're a partner: we help in keeping Object Pascal alive;
Something they should consider carefully...
Michael.
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